Do Not Love the World

Name: Do Not Love the World
Uploaded: 2020-10-11T16:02:15.000Z
Duration: 40 min 38 s
Description: John Kimbell argues that 'the world' John forbids loving is neither a personal checklist of avoided behaviors nor creation itself, but the whole fallen system of sinful desire and pride that rejects God, and that love for it cannot coexist with love for God because that world is already passing away.

John Kimbell argues that 'the world' John forbids loving is neither a personal checklist of avoided behaviors nor creation itself, but the whole fallen system of sinful desire and pride that rejects God, and that love for it cannot coexist with love for God because that world is already passing away.

Stories told

eve and the forbidden fruit david and bathsheba ahab and naboth's vineyard

Scripture referenced

1 Timothy 6:17 Exodus 2:8 1 John 2:15–17 1 Timothy 3:1 John 3:16 1 John 3:17 1 Timothy 4 James 4:4 1 John 4:10 1 Timothy 5:16 1 Timothy 5:19 1 Timothy 6:16

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